The lawyer for a teen whose beating at the hands of four cops was captured on a cellphone video is demanding that a special prosecutor investigate the Bronx smackdown. Michael Warren, who questioned the Bronx DA’s ability to impartially... Read Full Story
Madonna’s a real sport. Just two days after she starred in an over-the-top, high-kicking halftime show at the Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, it was announced yesterday that the Material Girl will have a gig at...
Singer Roberta Flack yesterday kicked off a collection for the funeral of an unarmed Bronx teen shot dead by a police officer. She and the Rev. Al Sharpton visited the grieving relatives of Ramarley Graham at their East 229th Street...
Middle East peace has broken out — in The Bronx. Jews and Muslims are bosom buddies inside the Islamic Cultural Center of North America — home to both the Al-Iman Mosque and Beis Menachem of Parkchester, an ultra-Orthodox synagogue....
Two cops could face criminal charges for the fatal shooting of an unarmed teen drug suspect in The Bronx, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. The officer who fired the shot and his sergeant were stripped of their guns and...
A bruiser from The Bronx was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday for the chilling attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend on an Upper East Side street corner. Ramon Lalondriz-Castillo put a gun to the back of Evimer Duclerc’s...
The Bronx prosecutor who allegedly had two drunken-driving cases fixed by cops has been terminated by the DA’s Office, officials said yesterday. Assistant...
A pregnant 16-year-old was killed yesterday — on her due date — when the car she was riding in crashed as it sped down the Major Deegan Expressway in The Bronx, police said. Daniela Abreu died in the fatal smash-up, which also...
Two cops involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed teen drug suspect in the Bronx have been put on restricted duty, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said today...
The Bronx prosecutor who allegedly had two drunken-driving cases fixed by cops has been terminated by the DA's office, officials said today. Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Troiano was fired Jan. 13, according to a spokesman...
Authorities have cut loose the mother of a six-year-old boy who died after he was fed a dose of methadone, authorities said. Police arrested Raquel DeLeon and...
So, that’s why that old Bronx storage site was using so much electricity. Based on a tip — and a check of Con Ed records that showed a huge electric bill — cops yesterday raided a five-story walk-up building in the Morris Park...
The young drug suspect whose brutal beating by Bronx cops was caught on a shocking video has a laundry list of prior criminal charges — and gave one cop a...
An 8-year-old girl was hit in the leg by a stray bullet today as she walked along a Bronx street. The child was walking home from school with her mother and...
NYPD Internal Affairs is investigating four Bronx cops after they were caught on video viciously pummeling and kicking a drug suspect bloody. The officers, all assigned to the 42nd Precinct in Tremont, were stripped of their guns...
The city’s latest horrific shopping-cart attack started with a fight over a measly five bucks. A witness said an enraged livery driver pushed the cart over...
Four students were busted after they sneaked a loaded handgun into a Bronx high school yesterday, police said. Two 15-year-old boys first opened up a side...
A feud between rival livery-car drivers turned bloody yesterday when a thug sent a shopping cart flying off a mall garage near Yankee Stadium onto two men standing below. It was the city’s second gruesome shopping cart attack in...
TV tough guy Lillo just can’t stay out of trouble. A fellow inmate has filed a lawsuit against the hot-tempered “Sopranos” actor for a vicious beatdown he suffered when allegedly attacked him for talking on a prison...
Maybe she was praying she wouldn’t get caught. A frail 67-year-old Bronx woman described as a devout Catholic who prayed in church daily was busted yesterday for allegedly embezzling more than $1 million from the Archdiocese of New...
A beloved 60-year-old Bronx handyman was killed and his daughter injured when fire broke out in their illegal cellar apartment early yesterday, authorities and neighbors said. The smoky blaze nearly trapped eight others — including...
An MTV reality-star rapper lived up to his name in The Bronx over the weekend. Cops busted 24-year-old Peter Cory Pankey — a k a Cory Gunz, star of the reality show “Son of a Gun’’ — for allegedly packing a loaded handgun, officials...
Police are searching for this man in a shocking carjacking yesterday that gave a Bronx mom the scare of her life -- who could only watch as the thief sped away with her 3-year-old boy in the back seat. <iframe src="http://embed...
A Bronx elementary-school principal allegedly developed such an infatuation with one of her female employees she kept a picture of the aide on her desk and...
It was World War II, and a German flying ace was about to match his wits against a raw, 23-year-old American fighter pilot who had nerves of steel and the...
A fugitive murder suspect was arrested by the FBI in The Bronx last night on charges of killing a potential witness to a drug slaying in Philadelphia,...
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Shane Rector is back to his old self. The St. Raymond point guard, slowed by an ankle injury, early in the season had 20 points in a 69-62 win against All Hallows in CHSAA Class AA boys basketball Tuesday in The Bronx and is averaging 20 points... 9:06 AM
Every other week during the winter, Wings Academy’s Justin Jenkins, one of the city’s top seniors, takes us with him in his journey for a Division I scholarship and city championship. In this exclusive diary for NYPost.com, the multi-talented 6-foot... 2:11 AM
One of the city’s best sophomores has a new home, but resuming her basketball career may not be in her immediate future. Guard Joella Gibson, who spent her freshman year at Bishop Loughlin, has left Truman and enrolled in Murry Bergtraum on... 1:54 AM
One message remained clear in Middle Village after Cardinal Hayes dropped yesterday’s showdown with Christ the King -- the Cardinals have to become tougher. Christ the King topped Hayes, 68-52, in CHSAA Class AA boys basketball Saturday in Middle...
Justin Combs’ dream got a little bit sweeter. The Iona Prep cornerback and son of rap mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs signed his National Letter of Intent to play football at UCLA next season with his famous father and plenty of family by his side. When...
Truman took its home court with something to prove against John F. Kennedy and finished the night with a season sweep of its biggest rival. Led by the strong play of Krystal Pearson and Lynda Fields, the Mustangs improved their potential playoff...
Daniel Dingle doesn’t like failure. He loathes letting his teammates down. That’s what the St. Raymond senior felt he did earlier this month when he missed free throws that could have sealed a victory over Mount St. Michael. Since then, the Temple...
A part of Melvin Johnson wanted to be in The Bronx on Saturday afternoon for the big Boys & Girls-Cardinal Hayes showdown for New York City bragging rights. It was the same part of him that wanted to stay and attend Hayes when Rice closed down for...
It was an all-Fordham Prep final in pole vaulting and only a tremendous personal record was going to give Sean McEvoy a victory. “Thirteen feet, nine inches is the highest I’ve ever jumped, and my teammate Danny Kaul almost did it, too, he just...
In a meet that lasted nearly six hours and featured thousands of laps around The Armory’s track, it was a mere two points that separated a relieved winner and an exhausted second place. “I’m so proud of this team, they’ve all done so well,” said...
Rice, the legendary Harlem high school that churned out Division I boys basketball players by the bushel, closed last spring for financial reasons. The school no longer exists, but the tradition of excellence has continued – just at different...
The SNY Invitational, a popular two-day tournament featuring the area’s top teams set to be televised live on the regional sports network SNY, was canceled Thursday, the network announced, after a whirlwind two days trying to keep it alive. The...
The College of the Holy Cross coaches weren’t the first people from the program Kenny Acquah told of his commitment to play football there. That distinction Thursday belonged to his old brother, Gary, a sophomore linebacker for the Crusaders. “When...
Before there was a Kennedy Challenge, one of the largest girls basketball events on the East Coast, there was John F. Kennedy against St. Michael Academy. Back in 2005, Kennedy’s boys team was hosting a showcase and coach Johnny Mathis wanted the...
Chez Williams is back in New York City basketball. Once one of the most influential coaches on the scene, Williams took a three-year sabbatical away from the game. The Bronx native, who most recently was an assistant at Murry Bergtraum and a coach...
Strymar Livingston waited until the last moment to see if what he thought was possible was a reality. “When I was about to pass the [finish] line I passed the line, but I didn’t know I had the record until I looked up at the clock,” he said. The...
Over the last 11 days, idle Fieldston had one thing on its mind: Collegiate, the four-time NYSAISAA Class B and New York State Class B Federation champions. But really, the Eagles had been thinking about Friday afternoon’s showdown with the Dutchmen...
John F. Kennedy’s potential to be a legitimate city title contender seemed to evaporate with a disappointing loss to Murry Bergtraum on Wednesday. Evidently, the Knights didn’t get the memo. Joya McFarland had 11 points and Kennedy played...
Billy Turnage described this stretch as “Hell Week” – road contests at borough rivals John F. Kennedy and Eagle Academy followed by a home tilt against Harlem powerhouse Wadleigh. He wasn’t kidding. Tuesday night, Wings Academy needed a Justin...
Mark Kramarchuk was all but lost when it came to college soccer two years ago. He wanted to focus on academics and wasn’t sure what level he could play at. Around that time, his New York Cosmos (then Blau Weiss Gotschee) coach Dieter Ficken pulled...
Shequana Harris struggled as much as anyone dealing with the loss of Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy, who was tragically killed Sept. 11. There was the emotional side, moving on with life without her good friend, and the on-court difficulties Murphy’s...
Sure Cardinal Spellman has a Division I star in Onia Webb. The long and lanky wing is headed to Northeastern next season. She’s been a major reason behind the Pilots success this season, but while Webb is a consistent performer, the heroes continue...
John F. Kennedy will be watching plenty of the tape from its game against St. John the Baptist going into an important week. Not because it lost, but to see how it won. “I got to see that video,” Knights coach O’Neil Glenn said. “We got to watch...
Cardinal Hayes already announced its arrival as a viable ‘AA’ team with wins over Long Island Lutheran and Holy Cross. But at perennial powerhouse St. Raymond with more than 1,000 screaming fans in the crowd? The challenges don’t come any bigger....
Junior college changed Levon Williams. The former Fort Hamilton star switched sides of the ball, from wide receiver to safety. He realized the...
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